SUNDAY CROSSWORD
STATE DINNER: Black tie optional
ACROSS
1 Buffett’s birthplace 6 Building-site topper 13 China’s loan to the
National 110 Down 19 Took potshots (at) 20 High praises 21 What sales jobs may
require 22 HORS D’OEUVRE 24 Fine wool 25 Wordsworth, for instance 26 Sources of shade 27 Get bested 29 Disloyal one 30 Expression of loyalty 31 Greek Mother Goddess 32 Disconnect 35 Unchangeable outcome 36 Part of TNT 37 APPETIZER 41 Oceanographers’
hangouts 43 Possibly “grand” vacation 44 Made a rip in 45 Golf instructor 46 Mid 12th-century year 48 Regatta, for instance 52 MAIN COURSE 57 Fashion designer Michael 58 Norway’s patron saint 59 Broad cuisine category 60 Be important 62 Third-person contraction 64 Do nothing 65 Uncommon sense 67 Decided not to 64 Across 68 That: Sp. 69 DC title 70 James I’s house 72 Sitcom opening-credits
word 74 Snug shelters 76 “I __ my wit’s end” 77 Bassoon cousin 79 SIDE DISH 81 Stuffed, in Mexican
cuisine 83 Telephone threesome 84 Fancy vase 85 Iowa State’s home 86 Starter for circular 89 Sneaky skill 93 DESSERT 99 “Great idea” 100Eight, to one who says
”nein” 101 Cybernotes 102 Beef cut 103 Felonious verb 104 Summer zodiac sign 105 Edge of a zodiac sign 107 Fr. miss 108 Sports-page news 109 Hero of 100+ films
since 1918 111 COCKTAIL 116 Get by threat 117 Gesture of affection 118 Deep-space vehicles 119 Spanish explorer 120 Telescope part 121 Watchband
DOWN 1 Since you were
challenged 2 Civilian army 3 Imitative 4 Great weight 5 Clamor 6 Town on the Thames 7 Twenty Questions
category 8 Some flat-screens 9 Palme __ (Cannes prize) 10 Patient-care grp. 11 Have a bug 12 With more stature 13 HS auxiliaries 14 Duncan of the cabinet 15 Constant critic
16 New World Symphony
composer 17 Fill with bubbles 18 Candidate lists 19 Leaves in a hurry 23 Brings up 28 Bombastic speaker 31 Cameroon neighbor 32 Cold, in product names 33 www.caltech.__ 34 ‘70s tape machine 35 Denmark’s __ Islands 37 Coleridge character 38 Peach Bowl city 39 Lacks humility 40 Flat-screen ancestor:
Abbr. 42 Women’s links org. 46 Novelist Rita __ Brown 47 Virtuous 48 Web-crawling software 49 Actress Milano 50 ‘70s Carson rival 51 “All things considered . . .” 52 New York college 53 “Am I to blame?” 54 Ceremonial act 55 Small scamp 56 Native New Zealander 57 Second-largest US island 61 Conrad novel 63 Name on a plaque 66 Jeweler’s gems 68 Id counterpart 71 After a long wait 72 Distress signal 73 Stanley Cup awarder 75 Sicilian hot spot 78 Pushes around 80 Leningrad-born leader 82 Former UK record giant 86 Hot spot 87 Prefix for center 88 Big bucks, for short 89 Le Carre characters 90 Ritchie Valens tune 91 Benchley beach book
of ‘76 92 What “-phobes” means 93 Milkshake 94 Sherpa’s tool 95 Most Three Stooges
films 96 Pierce 97 Her show first aired the
Simpsons 98 Exercise in a pool 103 Tank’s covering 105 Luggage carrier 106 Golden Rule word 107 Matching sock 108 Sour in taste 110 Menagerie 112 Myrna of movies 113 City map abbr. 114 __ Paese cheese 115 Audiophile collectibles